Compare And Contrast: dune By Herbert And star Wars By Lucas :: essays research papers

Comp are and Contrast "Dune" by Herbert and "Star Wars" by Lucas     The fresh Dune by Frank Herbert, and the novel Star Wars by George Lucashave many comparisons and contrasts. Even though they were written more than 10years apart, they are both very entertaining.     In Dune the story takes place on a dry desert planet called Arrakis,where water is very scarce, and only the plenteous own it. Similarly, in Star Warsthe story starts out on a desert world called Tatooine, where water is veryscarce and expensive.     In Star Wars there is a mysterious power called the force that only afew people posses. It allows you to move objects, see in to the future, and send with people far outside(a) just by thinking it. Similarly, in Dune thereis a power that very few people posses. It let the people that knew how to useit communicate with their people when they were far away, and let them see intothe future. & nbsp   In Dune, there are people who live out in the desert called Freemen whoare scavengers and somehow break through without water. Similarly, there is a smallscavenger race called Jawas who live out in the desert in the story Star Wars.     In Dune the principal(prenominal) fictional character is a teenage boy whose father was killed bythe evil Vladmir, a powerful leader who he must confront and kill. The maincharacter finds out that Vladmir is related to him, he is his uncle. He likewisestarts to learn about a powerful force from someone close to him, his mother.Similarly, in Star Wars the main character is a teenage boy, whose father waskilled by the evil Darth Vader, whom he must confront. Darth Vader also turnsout to be related to the main character, his father. He also gets his firstteachings in the force from someone close to him, the man that was like an uncleto him.     In Dune, all the space flights and cargo trans portation were done by the